Deaths
[A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number.]
Cassin, John E. '94, Dec. 13 Rollins, D. Sidney '04, Dec. 21 Kelly, Eric P. '06, Jan. 3 Burns, James A. '07, Dec. 5 Trickey, Charles L. '09, Dec. 12 Paul, Edward A. '10, Dec. 23 Stryker, Elmer W. '10, Nov. 7 Easton, Arthur B. '13, Dec. 27 Dolson, Harold J. '18, Nov. 28 Hubbard, Norman, 3rd '21, July 9 Bricknell, Clifton A. '25, Dec. 21 Johnson, Peter D. '27, Dec. 13, 1958 Falk, Otto H., Jr. '28, Feb. 23 Hughes, John Ross '29, Jan. 5 Fisher, George C. '30, Dec. 10 Smith, John W., Jr. '42, Jan. 4 Kastenbein, Louis B., 2nd '49, Dec. 26 Howland, Clifford '08m, Dec. 24 Towle, Murray H. '09m, Dec. 21
Faculty
ERIC PHILBROOIC KELLY '06, Professor of Journalism, Emeritus, died at his winter home in Youngtown, Arizona, on January 3. Since his retirement in 1954 from the Dartmouth faculty, on which he served for 33 years, he had divided his time between Arizona and Chebeague Island, Maine, where he and Mrs. Kelly were summer residents for many years.
Professor Kelly, who began his writing career as a newspaper man, was a prolific author. Many of his books dealt with Poland, whose government bestowed numerous honors upon him. Professor Kelly was Managing Editor of the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE from 1928 to 1932, and for ten additional years was Associate Editor. In 1951, 1952 and 1953 he served as chairman of the selection committee for the Pulitzer Prize Novel.
Eric Kelly was born in Amesbury, Mass., March 16, 1884, and prepared for college at Amesbury High School. In college he was a member of the French Club, the Dramatic Club, and on the Aegis board.
After graduation he began what he later described as "ten colorless, uneventful, and discouraging years working on newspapers at night when I saw but little of the sun." After one year as a reporter for the Westfield, Mass., Times he spent four years on the Springfield Union, one year with the Hunterdon, N. J., Gazette, and then four years with the Boston Herald. During this period he was writing short stories and often told of the rejection slips he collected. His first break
came in 1916 when Arthur Stanwood Pier accepted his first story. Then followed the publication of several stories in the Youth'sCompanion and St. Nicholas.
Professor Kelly was introduced to Poland in 1918 and that country became his abiding interest until his death. In 1918-19 he was in charge of the Foyer de Soldat (French YMCA) in Quentin, France. He supplied Polish soldiers in regimental schools with entertainment, athletics, and a canteen. He then went to Poland with the Polish (Haller's) Army, directing social activities. In the Polish-Bolshevik War of 1920 he served in a traveling canteen on the Bug River front. He sold the YMCA idea to Father Wiaskowski, head chaplain of the Haller Army.
In 1925-26 Professor Kelly was sent by the Kosciusko Foundation as a lecturer in American literature and institutions at the ancient University of Krakow and also with a view to his learning something about Poland's literature and cultural traditions. From that time, as he himself said, "I have exercised myself in every way that I know to aid the cause of Poland in the modern world. I have given something to every phase of work for Poland's good." He lectured on Poland in schools, colleges, and libraries, from Maine to California. He did research at the University of Vilno and the University of Lwow in 1930 and 1931.
It would be impossible to list all his books on Poland. The Trumpeter of Krakow was awarded the Newberry Medal for distinguished contribution to American literature for school children by the American Library Association in 1928. This book has gone through 26 printings. His Christmas Nightingale was made into a play by Children's Theatre Press and has had more than 100 productions. The Blacksmith of Vilno, TheGolden Star of Halicz and a half-dozen books followed, the last being In Clean Hay, published in 1953. Hundreds of his articles and short stories appeared in periodicals all over the country.
In 1943-45 Professor Kelly was sent by the State Department to Santa Rosa, Mexico, to help care for 1500 Polish refugees, and to convert an old hacienda for their occupancy. He had rejoiced with the Polish people in their moments of triumph and suffered intensely in their misfortunes. At a testimonial dinner in New York on October 6, 1956, the Kosciusko Foundation Medal of Recognition was presented to him in appreciation of his contributions to a better understanding of the Polish cause and of Polish cultural traditions in America.
Professor Kelly's work for the Poles earned him many other honors. He was made a Chevalier of the Order of Polonia Restituta by the Polish government in 1934, and in 1945 he was made a Commander of the order. He also received the Polish Gold Cross of Merit and the Pilsudski medal.
After World War I, Professor Kelly returned to Dartmouth in 1921 to become Instructor in English. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1924, and in 1929 he was elected to the post of Professor of Journalism, which he held until his retirement in 1954. He was awarded an honorary A.M. by Dartmouth in 1930 and an honorary A.M. by the University of Krakow in 1945.
For many years, along with his teaching, Eric Kelly was one of the editorial stalwarts of the DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE. In 1928-29 and again for a period in 1930 he held the top editorial responsibility. He then served as Managing Editor from 1930 to 1932, and for the next ten years, 1932-42, he was Associate Editor. The MAGAZINE'S first modern format was devised by Editor Kelly in the fall of 1928, and over the years, in editorial ideas and in a multitude of articles, he contributed richly and unselfishly to the strengthening of this Dartmouth alumni publication.
On July 2, 1924, Professor Kelly was married to Katharine Collins Merrill, who survives him.
Next to Poland, Dartmouth and Hanover were dearest to Eric Kelly's heart. Interested in community affairs, and particularly in St. Thomas Church, he made friends throughout the town, all of whom share a sense of deep personal loss.
1894
JOHN EDWARD CASSIN, the oldest living member of the class, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in his home at Lebanon, N. H., on December 13. His birth took place in Bar Mills, Maine, October 20, 1867.
Bar Cassin fitted for College at Limington Academy, Maine. It will be remembered that this is the school which sent to Dartmouth our "Tute" Lord '84, and his brother Edward T. S. Lord '91.
During his college years he had helped pay his way by teaching during the winter term, and so he naturally turned to teaching as his first occupation. After four years of this Bar returned to Hanover and became what may be called the "Handy man" of the Department of Physics. In 1899 he established his home in Hanover by marrying Nettie J. Cheney who had been a pupil of his when he taught as an undergraduate at Jamaica, Vt.
Bar left College employment in 1916 and became what he called his "own boss" by purchasing an automobile and engaging in livery service. This continued until 1949. Here is what Phil Marden once said about this period of his life:
"If you want to find him when in Hanover, just walk across the street to the place where the taxi rank is and if he isn't there one of the boys will probably tell you where he has gone. John is a super-essential local pillar on whom the public has learned to depend, doing his daily job with a thoroughness that is beyond praise. Never go to Hanover without looking him up; and if you can lure him into some of his salty reminiscences of Hanover and its celebrities your time will be very far from wasted."
His outdoor life had left him in such good health that when he sold his taxi business he could enjoy his retirement years, continuing in Hanover for eight of them, and living in Lebanon the last two. Since June he had been confined to his home and pretty much to his bed.
The funeral service in Lebanon was conducted by the class secretary and Wilbur Bull '09. Other members of the class family present were Arthur Stone, Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Merrill, Mrs. Grow.
C. C. M.
1895
ARTHUR DUDLEY WEST died on November 25 in a nursing home at Moline, Ill. His home was at 2216 Sixth Ave.
He was born June 20, 1873 in Stanstead, Quebec, and attended schools in Quebec. After graduating from Dartmouth where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta, he received his M.D. degree from the University of Vermont in 1898. He then began practice in Moline which continued for more than 50 years. During World War I he served as a major in the Army Medical Corps overseas.
A musician, playing both the violin and piano, he was the director of the First Baptist Church choir, and was a member of the Beethoven Club. He was a member of the Elks, American Legion, and the Quad-City Astronomy Club.
On June 28, 1904, Dud was married to Margaret Rosborough, who died May 28, 1957. He is survived by a son, Dudley, and two daughters, Mrs. G. T. Lawler and Mrs. A. J. Gourlay.
1904
DILLWYN SIDNEY ROLLINS died on December 21 in the Newport, N. H., Hospital after a severe case of pneumonia followed by a heart attack.
Sid was born in West Newbury, Mass., November 25, 1881. At Dartmouth he was captain of the freshman track team and vicepresident of the freshman class; captain of the varsity baseball team and one of Dartmouth's all-time pitchers; a member of Theta Delta Chi. Turtle and C & G.
After graduation Sid. was connected with, the American Woolen Co. for five years and then joined the Dexter Richards and Sons Co. in Newport, which he served as president, 1911-26. Sid served his community in many ways. He was president of the Brampton Woolen Co. and of the First National Bank; a director and vice-president of Northern Railroad; chairman of the Selective Service Board; a trustee of Kimball Union Academy and of the Richards Free Library. He was one of the founders of the Newport Golf Club and of the Rotary Club. He had been a member of the School Board, water commissioner, director of Red Cross and founder of the Newport Winter Carnival, and was a major on the staff of Gov. Spaulding.
Sid also served Dartmouth in many ways. At his death he was president and bequest chairman of his class. He was a member of the Athletic Council, 1924-26, and had been president of the Ascutney Dartmouth Club.
On August 11, 1909 Sid was married to Louise Frances Richards and their lovely home in Newport became the gateway to Dartmouth, where many classmates shared their warm hospitality. Sid is survived by Iris wife and four daughters, Mrs. Coburn T. Wheeler, Mrs. T. William Harwick ( 35), Mrs. Henry C. Hawkins ('35), and Mrs. Sherwood C. Badmington; and by a brother, Carl F. Rollins of New Haven, and fifteen grandchildren. The late Malcolm G. Rollins '11 was his brother. ,
Carl and Marion Woods represented the class at the services where the outpourins of the citizens of the town gave testimony to the place he had won in the hearts of the community.
We shall always cherish Sid's memory, we loved and respected him and are grateful for the privilege of sharing his friendship.
1907
TAMES ALEXANDER BURNS was born in Hyde Park, Mass., on March 5, 1885. He died on December 5, 1959, at the lowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, lowa, where he was visiting his son, Robert G. Burns. A blood clot was the cause of his death.
Tim entered Dartmouth from Lancaster (Mass.) High School in 1903 and received his A.B. degree in 1907. He married Ruth Ann Grove on December 27, 1919 in Columbus, Ohio. She died February 21, 1942. Their son Robert was born in St. Louis, Mo., on June 30, 1922, and attended Washington University in that city.
Our classmate became associated with A. Leschen and Sons Rope Co. in St. Louis in 1924, and most of his active years were spent in the employ of that company. He had retired, after being secretary-treasurer of the company, in 1954, and made his home at 7023 Dale Avenue, St. Louis. A member of the First Presbyterian Church, he had served as Deacon and Elder. At Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Chi and was on the track squad. In later life, he became a Mason. Jim had been active in the Dartmouth Club of St. Louis and had served it as president and secretary.
1908
FREDERICK EDWARD SCHILLING Of 56 Rockledge Rd., Hartsdale, N. Y., secretary of the Building Trades Employers Association, died on December 3 at the association's office in New York.
Fritz was born in New Britain, Conn., Tune 17, 1887, and prepared for Dartmouth at New Britain High School. In college he took the Thayer School course but did not take the second year. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi, Alpha Delta Epsilon, and Phi Beta Kappa.
After leaving college he started with the Turner Construction Co. of New York as timekeeper; three years later was assistant superintendent; in 1928 was elected a vicepresident; and in 1935 a director. Starting with Turner early in the age of reinforced concrete construction, he went on to supervise construction of many large concrete buildings throughout the country.
In 1924 he returned to New York as general manager and supervised extensive work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Port Terminal Buildings in New York City. In 1946 he was made vice-president in charge of labor relations for Turner and became an authority on labor matters. For many years he had been president of the Cement League, on the board of governors of the Building Trades Employers Association and secretary of the Master Carpenters Association. He served for two years in World War I, rising to captain in the aviation section of the Signal Corps, and won high military honors from both the American and French Governments.
Surviving are his widow, the former Jane Romano; two daughters, Mary Jane and Ann Alberta, believed to be the youngest class children; a brother Albert '02, and a sister, Ann Schilling.
1909
CHARLES LEMUEL TRICKEY passed away at his home, 6 Kensington Dr., Asheville, N. C., on December 12.
Doc was born in Dover, N. H., December 17, 1887. He was the son of Charles H. and Georgietta (Boston) Trickey. Coming to Dartmouth from Dover High School, he stayed one year in undergraduate work and then entered the Medical School from which he received his degree in 1910.
His early professional life was spent in the tropics where from 1912 to 1915 he was a staff physician at Ancon Hospital, Canal Zone. He was a medical director in Santo Domingo from 1919 to 1923. following a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy as Lt.(j.g.) Medical Corps during 1918-19. He came back to the States and was house physician and staff member at the Massachusetts State Hospital at Tewksbury, Mass., until 1942 when he became assistant superintendent at the Wrentham State School, Wrentham, Mass. After .completing thirty years of service with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he retired in 1952 and moved to Asheville.
He is survived by his wife Clitheroe Steadman whom he married on September 13, 1914, and three children: Elizabeth, wife of Prof. Stephen E. Whicher, Ithaca, N. Y.; Nancy, wife of Prof. Robert J. Gay, Evanston, Ill.; John '50 of Deer Park, N. Y.; a sister, Mrs. Harold H. Bechtel; and several grandchildren.
Interment was in Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, N. H.
1913
ARTHUR BOYD EASTON died on December 27, 1958 in Niagara Falls, N. Y. He was born on October 5, 1888 in Loudonville, N. Y. He prepared for Dartmouth at Phillips Exeter Academy but left college after his freshman year.
From 1910 until his war service he was in the wholesale lumber business and belonged to the New York State Guard. In August 1917 as a sergeant he was in camp at Brooklyn N. Y. He had been in the Ist Cavalry, Albany, N. Y. Troop B for five years. In September the troop was transferred to the 27th Division at Camp Wadsworth.
At the time of his death Art was associated with Titanium Metal Alloy Co., Niagara Falls.
1914
JESSE HERVEY HUBEL died suddenly on November 26 at his home, 15 Granville Rd., Hampstead, Quebec. He had had two previous heart attacks but had remained in reasonably good health.
Jess was born in Detroit, November 25, 1890, and prepared at Detroit University School. In college he majored in chemistry and was a member of Chi Phi.
From 1914 to 1917 Jess was a research chemist with Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co.; 1917-29 he was chief chemist with Canadian Salt Co.; from 1929 to his retirement he was with Canadian Industries Ltd., in Montreal. He was a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, and the Electrochemical Society.
On June 19, 1918, Jess was married to Elsie M. Hunt of Detroit who survives him with a daughter Joan (Mrs. Eli B. Roth) of Arlington, Va. and a son, Dr. David H. Hubel, who is doing research in neurophysiology at Harvard, and five grandchildren.
Dartmouth and the four years he spent there were dearer to Jess than anything in the world except his family. The class has lost one of its most devoted members. A memorial book in Baker Library will perpetuate his memory.
1925
CLIFTON ALLEN BRICKNELL passed away at his home in Plympton, Mass., on December 21 after a short illness. Born in Halifax, Mass., November 13, 1903, he had resided in Plympton for 55 years.
Cliff served the town of Plympton for nine years as a selectman, was at one time a member of the school committee, and served on the town's finance committee. He was a past master of the Plympton Grange, a Past Noble Grand of the Middleboro I.O.O. F., and a member of the Halifax Kiwanis.
Besides his mother, he is survived by his widow, Mrs. Adaline (Harrub) Bricknell; three brothers, Clayton and Charles of Plympton, and Lyman of California; and two sisters, Hazel Bricknell and Mrs. Elaine Pike, both of Middleboro.
1930
GEORGE CHRISTIE FISHER died in University Hospital, Cleveland, on December 10. He had suffered from hepatitis for four years. On November 30 he was operated on suddenly for a perforated intestine and his sudden death from peritonitis was a great shock to his family and friends. His home was at 24700 Community Dr., Beachwood, Cleveland.
George was born in Mount Tabor, N. J., September 14, 1906, the son of Manning and Bertha (Christie) Fisher and prepared for Dartmouth at Culver Military Academy. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
Immediately after graduation George became associated with Fisher Bros. Co. in Cleveland, which his father had founded in 1907. At the time of his death he was secretary, advertising manager and a director of the company.
Active in civic affairs, George had served on the Community Fund, was a long time member of the Cleveland Advertising Club, and had been chairman of the Beachwood Village zoning board. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and the First Unitarian Church.
On January 27, 1937, George was married to Jean Sprague who survives him with two daughters, Jana and Susan, and a son Christie Robert. He is also survived by his mother, a sister, Mrs. Fred Chandler, and two brothers, Ellwood H. '21 and J. Britton Fisher.
Quiet and unaffected, George earned the respect and loyalty of friends and associates. His devotion to Dartmouth was manifested in many ways. The class extends its sincerest sympathy to all of his family.
1931
Word was recently received from his nephew of the death of RAOUL MANUEL HERRERA on December si, 1957, in Guatemala, of cancer.
We had had no recent data about Raoul or his whereabouts and his prolonged illness is explanation unto itself. Our last records reveal that he was connected with the movie industry in France. Those of us who knew him during his undergraduate days in Hanover were charmed by the genuine spark of his personality, and will remember him always as a colorful and competent classmate.
The Class extends its sympathy to his nephew, Julio Herrera '55, and through him to Raoul's other kin.
1933
WILBER HILDEBRAND BRADFORD passed away on November 30 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Denver. He was 49.
Except for schooling and military service, he had been a lifelong resident of Denver where he was born and attended South High School before enrolling at Tabor Academy and subsequently at Dartmouth.
In Hanover, Brad was a member of Kappa Sigma, majored in Sociology and was on both the freshman and varsity track teams.
His military service was spent as a major in the Army Air Force from 1942 to 1946. Prior to entering the printing business, where he was executive vice-president of the Brad-ford-Robinson Printing Co., he had been director of the Denver Better Business Bureau.
Brad was known nationally for his contributions to the printing industry and all phases of the graphic arts field. He had served on various committees of the Printing Industry of America. In Denver, he was a member of the University and Riverside Gun Clubs and had been active in local civic and community affairs.
The sympathies of the Class are extended to his two sons, Daniel W. of Denver and Alan G., a student at Lafayette College; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rollie W. Bradford of Denver, and two brothers, William E. of Denver and Dr. Henry R. '36 of Morrison, Colo.
1940
Tragedy struck JOHN SCHNEIDER on November 6. Driving home from work to his home in Chester, Conn., he lost control of his car on a rain-soaked highway and was killed instantly.
John was born September 19, 1918 in Brooklyn, N. Y. Prior to coming to Dartmouth he graduated from Westbury, N. Y., High School. He left Dartmouth, where he was a member of Theta Delta Chi, in 1939 and subsequently graduated from Pratt Institute. In 1942 he joined the Army, attaining the rank of second lieutenant.
His business career included the positions of production manager of C. J. Bates & Son, president of Bill Enterprises, Inc., and finally chief design engineer for the electrical utilities division of Acme Wire Co. in Hamden, Conn.
John had been very active in community affairs. He had been on the Chester Board of Education and at the time of his death was a member of the Chester School Building Committee. He was also a former member of the Chester Board of Fire Commissioners, a past commander of the Chester American Legion Post, and was active on the local Republican Town Committee and the Community Chest.
The village church in Chester was filled to capacity for the funeral. Fred and Ann Porter represented the Class while Wells Bates '39, Hamilton Bates '44, and Everett Stevens '01 were also there to pay their last respects. We join them and all of John's countless friends in extending our deepest sympathies to John's wife, Evelyn, and to their two children, Lynne and John, Jr.
1949
Louis BERNARD KASTENBEIN II died the day after Christinas, of a heart attack, Bennington, Vt., while visiting his sister for the Christmas weekend.
Bernie was an effective teacher and counsellor with the New Jersey Commission for the Blind, at Morris Plains, N. J., at the time of his death. Graduated from the Hoosac School and from Dartmouth, cum laude, he attended the Army Language School in Monterey, Calif., and studied for his Master's degree at Fordham. He had also taught in private schools in Greenwich, Conn., and Morristown, N. J. A major in history, Bernie was prominent in campus affairs as business manager of Jack-o-Lantern.
Bernie was in the Navy in World War II, and served in the Pacific. He also served with the Army in Korea and afterwards was a civilian translator for the government in Korea and Japan. He is survived by his wile, the former Elizabeth V. Kinports, whom he married December 27, 1958; his mother, two sisters and a brother, to whom the Class sends its deepest sympathy.
Eric Philbrook Kelly '06
George Christie Fisher '30
